The Second Wave

Return of the Militias

A Special Report from the Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, Alabama

August 2009

MEDIA AND GENERAL INQUIRIESMark Potok or Heidi Beirich

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The Second Wave

Return of the Militias

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Table of Contents

Introduction 4The Second Wave: Return o the Militias 5Nativists to ‘Patriots’: Cross-Pollinating the Movement 11Terror From the Right : 75 Plots and Racist Rampages 13